Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Quote by Barack Obama

Topics: Focus Quotes, Life Quotes

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president...

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president...

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've...

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've...

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the...

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the...

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have...

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have...

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time....

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time....

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and...

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and...

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help...

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help...

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for...

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for...

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in...

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in...

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few...

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few...

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I...

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I...

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you...

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you...

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was...

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was...

So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I...

So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I...

Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health.

Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health.

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to...

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to...

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside...

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside...

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set...

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set...